function theRotator() {
     //Set the opacity of all images to 0
     $('div.rotator ul li').css({opacity: 0.0});
     
     //Get the first image and display it (gets set to full opacity)
     $('div.rotator ul li:first').css({opacity: 1.0});
          
     //Call the rotator function to run the slideshow, 6000 = change to next image after 6 seconds
     
     setInterval('rotate()',10000);
     
}

function rotate() {     
     //Get the first image
     var current = ($('div.rotator ul li.show')?  $('div.rotator ul li.show') : $('div.rotator ul li:first'));

    if ( current.length == 0 ) current = $('div.rotator ul li:first');

     //Get next image, when it reaches the end, rotate it back to the first image
     var next = ((current.next().length) ? ((current.next().hasClass('show')) ? $('div.rotator ul li:first') :current.next()) : $('div.rotator ul li:first'));
     
     //Un-comment the 3 lines below to get the images in random order
     
     //var sibs = current.siblings();
    //var rndNum = Math.floor(Math.random() * sibs.length );
    //var next = $( sibs[ rndNum ] );
               

     //Set the fade in effect for the next image, the show class has higher z-index
     next.css({opacity: 0.0})
     .addClass('show')
     .animate({opacity: 1.0}, 1000);

     //Hide the current image
     current.animate({opacity: 0.0}, 1000)
     .removeClass('show');
     
};



$(document).ready(function() {          
     //Load the slideshow
     theRotator();
     $('div.rotator').fadeIn(1000);
    $('div.rotator ul li').fadeIn(1000); // tweek for IE
});